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My guess is that you are looking at the wave maps, and noticing the size on wed/thur...?
If this is the case, look at the white swell direction arrows, and notice that the swell is pointing away from the coast along with the strong offshore winds. So, 20 miles off the coast there will be substantial size, but this is all moving away from the beach.